“Thinking for a Change” Curriculum 3.1 - Trainer Counselor for T4C

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lets me leave class to get to the commissary! I
want to express a complaint.
Modeling Display Option #2 – Probation or
Parole settings:
I am doing community service as a condition
of release. My supervisor told me she has to
cut my work hours, which means I will have
to work for an additional 6 weeks to complete
my community service requirement. I want to
tell her that stinks.
Modeling Display Option #3 – Generic
setting for youth:
I am the older of 2 children, and my mother
always makes me clean up after my little
brother. I want to make a complaint about the
unfair division of chores.
Notes
incarceration.
It may be appropriate to
change some details of the
situation to meet the
circumstances of your
audience, but the core
elements should stay the
same.
Tell group members which
facilitator is modeling the
skill.
Tell group members to
observe the steps of the
skill in general. They will
be assigned specific steps
to observe during the role
play.
Model the skill: Follow
the steps of the skill
exactly as you expect the
group members to use
them. It is imperative
that facilitators rehearse
the modeling display
before class begins.
Be sure to point to your
head and talk aloud when
National Institute of Corrections Making a Complaint
Thinking for a Change
Lesson 12 - 10